Pharmaceutical companies are required, by law, to provide adequate training to their employees so that they are able to identify and report adverse events.

While many companies will have a programme in place to facilitate this training, it may not always be possible to make this immediately available to every new starter. Equally, the existing programme may be labour intensive to maintain or deliver.

PIPA has therefore developed a cost-effective generic online training course that provides the legally required level of training for all employees working for a Pharmaceutical Company so that they are able to recognise and report adverse events. It has been developed by senior Pharmacovigilance experts working within the Pharmaceutical Industry so you can be confident of the quality and relevance of the training. It is up-to-date with current regulations and, once you have passed the test at the end of the training course, a formal certificate is provided to confirm course completion and understanding.

Target audience:

Any employees working for a Pharmaceutical Company - this course provides the legally required level of training on identifying and recording AEs

Time: 1 -2 hours

Level of difficulty: Basic / introductory

Payment can be made using WorldPay* which allows you immediate access to the course. Once you have subscribed to a course, your user licence grants you up to a year to start the course but once started, you are required to complete the course within one month.

As a not-for-profit association, PIPA can only make this course available to members. However non-members may easily access the course by becoming a ‘member for a month’* for a £15.00 supplement (£18.00 for overseas members) This fee provides you with temporary PIPA membership for the month that you are completing the course. You can apply for membership here.

*To ensure immediate access to training courses and to reduce administrative costs, we would prefer delegates to book and pay for online courses and 'member for a month' via WorldPay. If you are unable to pay by WorldPay and require PIPA to raise an invoice, then there will be an additional £15.00 + VAT fee per invoice to cover the extra administrative costs incurred. For further information regarding this, please contact Sharon Braithwaite via sharon.braithwaite@pipaonline.org. Please note that access to the online course will only be activated once payment of the invoice(s) has been confirmed.